Natural hazards · Newfane

Newfane, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newfane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Newfane?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newfane to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Newfane faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Newfane flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newfane.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newfane isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Windham County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Newfane

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Newfane itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Newfane.

Brought FEMA money into NewfaneDeclared for Windham County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $75K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

38 households applied for aid $65K aid approved

Windham County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Newfane is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newfane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Newfane. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.